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Jesse Tutterrow
03-07-2012, 7:03 PM
I use 4" flexible hose to connect to machines that are in the middle of my shop. Currently I have a friction fit connector on the hose. Unfortunately, sometimes the hose will slip off without me realizing it.
I did an Internet search and came up with a product called FAZLOK (http://woodworker.com/cgi-bin/FULLPRES.exe?PARTNUM=121-595) from woodworkers supply.
Has anyone used this product?
Does anyone know of a 4" version?
Ron Natalie
03-07-2012, 7:32 PM
Rockler has some sort of fast hose connector thingy that comes in 4". I just ordered some, should be here on Friday. I can report back.
Oh hell, I just orderd the 2 1/2 and 4" fazloks, I'll see how they work in comparison next week.
Ole Anderson
03-07-2012, 8:50 PM
I went with the Rockler DustRight quick connect fittings, I like them.
Tom Hartranft
03-08-2012, 12:18 PM
Jesse,
I have used Fazlok 4" Quick Disconnect (QD) fittings with 4" flex hose for about 5 years. During those 5 years, I had a female 4" Fazlok at the outlet of my 1-1/2 hp Jet DC 1100-C dust collector and adapted 4" Fazlok female fittings to the dust outlets of my table saw, combo sander, radial arm saw, and band saw. Then I put male Fazlok fittings at each end of a ~15' length of 4" flex hose so I could quickly move from one machine to another. I like the J-slot locking feature of the Fazlok fittings. I tired of having to drag the 4" flex hose from one machine to another and wanted increased suction flow from my machines so I recently upgraded my dust collection to 6" S&D PVC main trunk lines along my ceiling with 6" drops down to each machine and individual machine blast gates. http://www.forums.woodnet.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=5834765&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=
In my dust collection upgrade, I also included an extra vertical drop on each of the four shop walls so I can still use the 4" Fazlok QDs and 4" flex hose to clean up the shop floor and tops of my worktable, etc. Here then are some photos I just took to help you see how Fazlok fittings are used by me.
Tom
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Here is the 15' of 4" flex hose with a male Fazlok at each end ... attached with a 4" hose clamp over the Fazlok fitting.
http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr183/tjh_020/1203%20Fazlok/IMG_1406640x480.jpg
Here is the 4" flex hose coupled up to one of my new drops that has a 4" female Fazlok fitting ... for floor cleaning, etc. First photo is from a distance; next photo is close up.
http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr183/tjh_020/1203%20Fazlok/IMG_1408480x640.jpg
http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr183/tjh_020/1203%20Fazlok/IMG_1407480x640.jpg
Last photo shows how a 4" Fazlok female fitting slips over the plastic nipple of standard 4" dust collection fittings available from most any woodworking store. So there is no adapting or manipulating needed to join the Fazlok female fitting to such a 4" dust fitting.
http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr183/tjh_020/1203%20Fazlok/IMG_1409640x480.jpg
Neil Brooks
03-08-2012, 1:09 PM
I'm always hesitant to offer "non-answer" replies, but ....
After playing with a couple of different quick-release clamps, I just stuck a 5/16" (or whatever it is) nutrunner on my tool belt ... always on, when I'm in the shop, and where my DC remote lives, anyway ... and went back to old fashioned hose clamps.
I no longer even notice the few seconds of tighten/loosen.
As you were .... :)
Mike Heidrick
03-08-2012, 1:15 PM
A wrap or too of electrical or gorilla tape really improved my friction fit connections.
Neil Brooks
03-08-2012, 1:19 PM
A wrap or too of electrical or gorilla tape really improved my friction fit connections.
Too Much Information ;)
joe milana
03-08-2012, 1:26 PM
I'm always hesitant to offer "non-answer" replies, but ....
After playing with a couple of different quick-release clamps, I just stuck a 5/16" (or whatever it is) nutrunner on my tool belt ... always on, when I'm in the shop, and where my DC remote lives, anyway ... and went back to old fashioned hose clamps.
I no longer even notice the few seconds of tighten/loosen.
As you were .... :)
Hey Neil, If you ever loose that nutrunner, you could try these...
226493
Not the most "elegant" solution, but they work. Even after you drop them. +1 on the Gorilla tape wrap.
Neil Brooks
03-08-2012, 1:31 PM
Joe-
Yeah. Got some of those.
Got some of the "squeeze-to-release" variety, too:
https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSf-QJNHfg3jQ-AQsPysXFs06iOtHrds18uCVuuFBCwQ5Qyo4dh
Just ... fell out of love with them. I relegated them to locations where they don't get removed/re-installed. I think I couldn't get them as tight as I needed, to keep my quick connect on, consistently.
Anthony Whitesell
03-08-2012, 2:18 PM
I was headed down the same path as Tom but stopped. I have a 1 1/2HP single stage but knew I needed more and more was going to require 6" duct. I like the twist lock function of the fazlok and wonder if it would be possible to make a fazlok from 6" S&D pipe. Once or when I get my cyclone setup and the new duct work run, I'll give it a try. Unless someone else beats me to it.
Ed Edwards
03-11-2012, 5:50 AM
Catalog Number
Description
Brand
Model
OnHand
Unit
Pricing
(http://www.sawmillcreek.org/projects.asp?PROJECTS=PROJECTOVERVIEW)
146-351
FAZLOK 2 1/2" MALE QD DUST FITTING
Platte River
146351
10+
EA
$ 8.49
(http://javascript<strong></strong>: document.FormAll.submit();)
146-354
FAZLOK 2 1/2" FEMALE DUST FITTING
Platte River
146354
10+
EA
$ 8.49
(http://javascript<strong></strong>: document.FormAll.submit();)
962-297
FAZLOK 2-1/2" 4-PIECE STARTER SET
Includes
Brand
Model
146-351
FAZLOK 2 1/2" MALE QD DUST FITTING
2
Platte River
146351
146-354
FAZLOK 2 1/2" FEMALE DUST FITTING
2
Platte River
146354
Woodtek USA
10+
SET
$ 26.99
(http://javascript<strong></strong>: document.FormAll.submit();)
121-595
(121-959)
FAZLOK 4" QUICK DISCONNECT MALE
Platte River
121595
10+
EA
$ 11.99
(http://javascript<strong></strong>: document.FormAll.submit();)
121-598
FAZLOK 4" QUICK DISCONNECT FEMALE
Platte River
121598
10+
EA
$ 11.99
(http://javascript<strong></strong>: document.FormAll.submit();)
960-805
FAZLOK 4" QUICK DISCONNECT KIT
Includes
Brand
Model
121-595
FAZLOK 4" QUICK DISCONNECT MALE
2
Platte River
121595
121-598
FAZLOK 4" QUICK DISCONNECT FEMALE
2
Platte River
121598
Woodtek USA
10+
SET
$ 30.99
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